Dreadnought

[Ericth74]

Dreadnought



Card PDF

NAME = DREADNOUGHT

UNIQUENESS = UNCOMMON HERO
SPECIES = ROBOT
CLASS = HUNTER
PERSONALITY = EFFICIENT

SIZE/HEIGHT = LARGE 6

LIFE = 3

MOVE = 5
RANGE = 4
ATTACK = 5
DEFENSE = 4

POINTS = 100

BACK UP PLAN
After the ordered activation of a Unique Hero in the Hydra or Maggia faction where they skipped either their move or attack phase, you may activate a Dreadnought. Once per round, if you lost initiative, you may instead activate 2 Dreadnoughts. You may not activate additional figures this turn.

UNDERWORLD PROTECTION
Adjacent allies in the Hydra or Maggia faction have +1 Defense.

TOUGH
When defending against a normal attack, Dreadnought has +1 block.

FACTION =
PUBLISHER = MARVEL
KEYWORDS = Inorganic
SYMBOLS = SUPER STRENGTH

WINTER 2024: Dreadnought is a towering, mechanical behemoth that strikes fear into the hearts of even the bravest superheroes. With its impenetrable armor and devastating firepower, this fearsome weapon of destruction is a force to be reckoned with.

Resources and Rulings

• The suggested figure for this unit is a Heroclix figure: Critical Mass #013 / Dreadnought
• See this card's wiki page for synergies and strategies!

Credits

• Playtesters:
  • Ericth74 Initial, 2nd set of Initials
  • Arch-Vile
  • MrNobody
• Card art: Japes
• Comic creators: Roy Thomas and Jim Sternako

Updates

• N/A

[Ericth74]

These guys are designed to work with both the Maggia and Hydra faction. I'd like to keep them at 100 points as if fits really well for team building. It's something that Whiplash could use as well with his Robot Command power.

[Arkham]

Planning Ahead is a power name on Ra's in 1.0. Not to suggest you can't use it here, just a mental note we'll need to change his if so.

[Arch-vile]

Pretty straightforward, looks good.

Should uppercut be limited to adjacent normal attacks? The ability name sounds off if it triggers off of ranged attacks, but you could easily change the name if that's mechanically desirable.

Personality ideas from the index: Efficient, Emotionless, Mindless, Subservient, Relentless.

[Ericth74]

Originally Posted by Arkham

Planning Ahead is a power name on Ra's in 1.0. Not to suggest you can't use it here, just a mental note we'll need to change his if so.

Ok, I'll come up with something else. Not super in attached to it.

[Ericth74]

Originally Posted by Arch-vile

Pretty straightforward, looks good.

Should uppercut be limited to adjacent normal attacks? The ability name sounds off if it triggers off of ranged attacks, but you could easily change the name if that's mechanically desirable.

Personality ideas from the index: Efficient, Emotionless, Mindless, Subservient, Relentless.

Yeah, Uppercut should be adjacent, good catch.

Relentless or Efficient makes sense. The robot has limited intelligence and can't think for itself. My original design had a clause where you could place or reveal order markers on the card, but I thought it might be a rules nightmare for not a lot of payoff. The hook was that once the controllers were defeated so were the Dreadnoughts.

[Lord Pyre]

Dig it. Nazi robots, heck yeah.

[IAmBatman]

Currently it reads as if the turn ends only if you use the once per round option. I thought I'd posted some different language to use there in the faction thread, but can't remember for sure.

[Ericth74]

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

Currently it reads as if the turn ends only if you use the once per round option. I thought I'd posted some different language to use there in the faction thread, but can't remember for sure.

If you did I can’t find it. I’ll look at a different wording.

[IAmBatman]

I'd probably go with BACK UP PLAN to avoid the association with the pharmaceutical product.

Wording attempt:

After an ordered activation of a Unique Hero in the Hydra or Maggia faction, you may either activate a Dreadnought, or once a round, if you lost initiative, you may activate 2 Deadnoughts. After activating Dreadnoughts this way, your turn ends.

[Ericth74]

Lol, I'll go with your name.

Updated

[japes]

awesome...I have 600 points worth of these guys waiting to go